Astăzi. Statue of Liberty’s Cornerstone Is Laid (1884)

Posted by burdujan pe 05/08/2009

The Statue of Liberty, located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, was a gift to the US from France to commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence.
Statuia Libertăţii, care se află în portul Liberty Island din oraşul New York, a fost un cadou pentru SUA din partea Franţei pentru a comemora centenar de la Declaraţie de Independenţă.The statue, a gesture of friendship and a symbol of freedom, is visited by millions each year, but many forget that “Lady Liberty” also served as a functioning lighthouse from 1886 to 1902.
Statuia, un gest de prietenie și un simbol al libertăţii, este vizitată de milioane de turisti în fiecare an, dar mulți uită că „Lady Liberty” a servit ca un far din 1886 până-n 1902.Designed by French sculptor F.A. Bartholdi, the statue depicts a woman with an uplifted arm holding a torch.
Site realizat de sculptorul francez F.A. Bartholdi, statuia reprezentând o femeie ce ţine în mână o torţă.

Question: Who served as Bartholdi’s model?
Unsubstantiated sources cite different models for the face of the statue.
One indicated the then-recently widowed Isabella Eugenie Boyer, the wife of Isaac Singer, the sewing-machine industrialist.
Another source believed that the „stern face” belonged to Bartholdi’s mother, Charlotte Bartholdi, with whom he was very close. National Geographic magazine also pointed to his mother, noting that Bartholdi never denied nor explained the resemblance.